tex does all his measuring in liters one morning after a big rain he measured 10 more liters in his well then he got his boots all muddy pacing of the size of a hole on the furthest acre of his ranch each of tex's strides cover 3 feet 4 inches. he paced 7 strides along one side then 12 strides along the next side the third stride took him 14.5 strides the last stride took him only 5 strides, tex figures it was 11 inches deep.
how much mud was in there?
2006-11-10 08:47:03 · 1 answers · asked by stocketrader24 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If you are asking how much mud is in a hole, there is no mud in a hole. A hole is empty space.
If you seriously wanted to know how much area, and thus the volume of material that the hole could hold, you don't have enough information. Four sides of a quadrilateral don't uniquely identify the area. You would need to specify a few angles.
For example, if I tell you that I walked around an area going 10 strides in one direction, 10 strides in another, 10 strides in a third and 10 strides back to the beginning... what's the area? If it is a square, it's 100 sq. strides. But if it is a rhombus, for example, it could be anything from 0 to 100 sq. strides.
I think this must be a riddle, and the answer is the hole contains *no* mud.
2006-11-10 08:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋